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Leyuan Ma is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Biosciences Bioengineering from Shandong Normal University, China in 2008 and his PhD in Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 2016. His research focuses on the immune system's role in maintaining tissue homeostasis and developing therapeutic strategies to manipulate immune cell signaling for improved treatment of disorders such as cancer and autoimmunity. At the Ma Laboratory for Immune Engineering, he employs genetics, chemistry, and engineering to decode the molecular and cellular crosstalk of immune cells within their microenvironment. His innovative research includes the development of novel biomaterials and synthetic vaccines to enhance CAR T cell therapies. Leyuan's work aims to elucidate optimal synthetic vaccine design and approaches for adaptive T cell therapies that redefine therapeutic vaccination strategies.
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